tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-40808611191369550552018-03-05T19:29:34.615-08:00Jess's Frugal FoodJesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15269860368306451918noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080861119136955055.post-46573033381080189912010-02-10T08:04:00.000-08:002010-02-10T08:23:09.785-08:00Moist Almond and Citrus Drizzle Cakes<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_g4It8e-Zrwk/S3LdAgf8wxI/AAAAAAAAABY/iTBCgCcm10c/s1600-h/052.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5436650700983288594" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_g4It8e-Zrwk/S3LdAgf8wxI/AAAAAAAAABY/iTBCgCcm10c/s320/052.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>After noticing the best before date on the eggs in my kitchen was the 4th Feb, I decided I'd better use them up. I really fancied making a lemon drizzle cake (so tangy and sweet!) and remembered one I made months ago which had ground almonds in the recipe. I looked on the Good Food website for the recipe but alas! the website was down for maintance. I got a complete bargin with the ground almonds for this recipe, 30p for 200g!</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>So I came up with this adapted recipe for fairy cakes :)<br /></div><div></div><div>Ingredients:</div><div>- 110g Butter/Spread</div><div>- 110g Caster Sugar</div><div>- 2 Eggs, lightly beaten</div><div>- 60g Ground Almonds</div><div>- 60g Self Raising Flour</div><div>- Zest of a Lemon</div><div>- Zest of an Orange</div><div>- Few drops of Almond and Vanilla extracts</div><div>- Juice of a Large Lemon</div><div>- 2 Tablespoons of Granulated Sugar</div><div> </div><div>Method</div><div>- Preheat your oven to 180C or 170C for fan ovens.</div><div>- Using an electric whisk, cream the butter, caster sugar and zests together.</div><div>- Once creamed and fluffy add the extracts, almonds and eggs, beat together.</div><div>- Once combined fold in the flour.</div><div>- Spoon into cake cases(about three quarters full) and bake for 20 minutes.</div><div>- Once cooked mix the lemon juice and granulated sugar together, stab the cakes with a cocktail stick and spoon some of the lemon juice mixture over each cake.</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>These are best eaten warm. </div>Jesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15269860368306451918noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080861119136955055.post-20890239210438166482010-02-10T06:07:00.000-08:002010-02-10T06:39:21.230-08:00Hello, and a Refreshing SaladHello anyone who's reading this! My name is Jess and a lot of my cooking revolves around trying to be frugal. Lots of my ingredients come from the reduced section of the supermarkets and I enjoy turning my finds into interesting and tasty meals. <div><div><div> </div><div> </div><div>I'm also trying to improve my presentation of food and my ability to take nice pictures of it. So any tips or suggestions would be very much appreciated. </div><div><strong></strong> </div><div><strong></strong> </div><div><strong>Moroccan Orange Salad</strong></div><div> </div><div>This is a lovely simple recipe to get my blog started off. This salad is ideal for a low cal pudding or a light summery breakfast. Here I've used some juicy navel oranges I got that were reduced to 49p for a bag of 6! And my other bargin was a mint plant for 15p in Tesco.</div><div></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5436621665310256946" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_g4It8e-Zrwk/S3LCmaMCrzI/AAAAAAAAAAw/2iIjtfbGH1s/s200/043.jpg" border="0" />Ingredients:<br /><div>- 2 Oranges per person</div><div>- A few drops of Rose Water </div><div>- Fresh Mint</div><div>- Cinnamon</div><br /><p>The method is very simple, Cut the skin and peel off the oranges and then slice so you end up with circular pieces of orange. Then arrange them on a plate, sprinkle a few drops of rose water over the oranges, grate over some cinnamon and finish with fresh mint leaves.<br /></p><p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5436623158333315394" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_g4It8e-Zrwk/S3LD9UIemUI/AAAAAAAAABA/HLBBCAYj3KQ/s320/045.jpg" border="0" /></p></div></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5436623421989500962" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_g4It8e-Zrwk/S3LEMqVAuCI/AAAAAAAAABI/MyaUWoG9krc/s320/046.jpg" border="0" /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5436623669833013874" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_g4It8e-Zrwk/S3LEbFngmnI/AAAAAAAAABQ/y1xGDU5QADU/s320/047.jpg" border="0" />Jesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15269860368306451918noreply@blogger.com0